Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Turkey
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Asante
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Habari gani?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
günaydın
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Samahani
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
German Name
Türkisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1350
6th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
swah1254
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish and Swahili Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Swahili language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Swahili Difficulty
The Turkish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.